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EFF: Apple seeking to patent spyware

EFF: Apple seeking to patent spyware

Posted Aug 26, 2010 2:05 UTC (Thu) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877)
In reply to: EFF: Apple seeking to patent spyware by PaulWay
Parent article: EFF: Apple seeking to patent spyware

oh crap.

All of a sudden they would be much more possessive of their cute little devices (if that's possible) rather than lending you the phone so you can play the latest cute little game they downloaded.
or, alternately,
This put Dan in a dilemma. He had to help her—but if he lent her his computer, she might read his books. Aside from the fact that you could go to prison for many years for letting someone else read your books, the very idea shocked him at first. Like everyone, he had been taught since elementary school that sharing books was nasty and wrong—something that only pirates would do.
Ding! Fries are done!


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